Hope y’all are truly hanging in there. I’d like to share something going on with me that I don’t know necessarily how to deal with. Need y’all’s help

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I haven’t had the best of health much of my life. I was diagnosed with juvenile RA and lupus at age 14 and had breast ca during pandemic. Our school was one of the only schools (nationally) that was open. It was hard. Fast forward, I retired early and now I literally have little motivation for much. I love hanging out at home but am thinking it’s just not very healthy.

Anyone who can relate; advice or feedback welcome. Tia 💖

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I also love being home in my space. I try to get out for walks around the neighborhood and stuff but other than that I stay in most of the time. I also have little motivation to do much.

That’s a tough journey and thank you for sharing. I work with pre-retirees, early and late retirees… the one thing that remains constant, and is an early predictor of someone’s long term health and longevity is who they surround themselves with… if the people you spend time with are active, you will be active… if the people you spend time with are lazy, you will be lazy… if you don’t spend time with people at all, you are at the highest risk of early mortality…

So my advice, and this is blanketed, but is still relevant to your situation, is to take a look at your social circle… if it’s not filled with happy, active, open, receptive, charitable and caring people, it’s time to make some cuts and replacements…

Maybe get out of Michigan if you’re still there… that’s not a state that retirees flourish statistically as they have lower-than-average health outcomes in retirement…

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